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Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings about Afghanistan [1r] (1/312)
The record is made up of 1 volume (150 folios). It was created in 07 Sep 1878-19 Oct 1878. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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With reference to Russian proceedings in Central Asia, a St. PMersbunr
telegram says the TufkcstciH Gazette has published intelligence statins' that
the troops which were concentrated at Djama on the frontier of Bokhara
were returning in eight columns, the last of which would re-enter Tash
Icend on the 30th of August. The telegraph is to be extended to Diama
and Katfa. Kuraan, thus prolonging the existing line from Tashkend oassin?
through Khodjent, Oaratube (?), and Dzizakh to Samarkand. The Ameer
of Bokhara has offered to furnish the necessary material for the telegraoh
poles and forage for the Russian cavalry during their stay in the Khanate
A few days before General Kauffmann arrived at Samarkand, a special embassv
from the Ameer arrived there to compliment the Russian commander in his
name. General Kauffmann will shortly send a friendly letter to the Ameer
The Turkestan Gazette adds that as a result of the present state of things
m Turkestan, the Russians have entered into direct communication with" the
Ameer of Afghanistan, and that the embassy of Major-General Stoletoff to the
Ameer at Cabul is a first essay in this direction. The chief of the Russian
Mission has been received by the Afghan authorities with great honours
During the summer the Russian authorities propose to explore the route between
Djama Schirabati and Keliff.
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of the Viceroy pen^ ^ f Si A ^' -main as guesti
the Governor-Genera"exDressimr hi^n^pn^ t 1 " ^ th f Ameer of CabuI t0 the letter of
Koyal Engineers, and Mr. Henfy tef Beknv sS a " Embas ? y - St. John,
will be attached to the mission Saill ^ r y Commissioner of the Punjab,
Lumsden's mission to Cabul twenty one' ^ea^a^o ex P erience ' accompanied
■ i party desnatclied to Virl^'inri 1 > )eais ago, and also formed one of the
fmitkss mission of endeavouring to form^stab^eallianc f'lr® 0 ?*", 0n the
with the very unstable Mahommedan dvnastv at tilf r' • P ^ commercial,
finement and the severity of the Ameer's treatSUT n - j 10 from luri Z con -
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; was .hospitably received and entertained by the Afghan Governor. A^dviceSom GabuJ 6
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Press cuttings from British and Indian Newspapers regarding the Afghan War (today known as the 2nd Afghan-Anglo War), negotiations in Cabul [Kabul], the British Government's policy with regards to the Indian Frontier, and the movements of the Russians during the war.
The cuttings have been taken from a number of newspapers including the Pall Mall Budget , The Pall Mall Gazette , The Globe , The Times , The Pioneer Mail , The Standard , The Daily News , The Daily Telegraph , The Evening Standard , The Saturday Review , The Spectator , The Morning Post and The World .
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (150 folios)
- Arrangement
The cuttings have been arranged in the scrapbook in chronological order and the pages of the book have been tied into three bundles ff 1-46, ff 47-96 and ff 97-142
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: This file has been foliated in the top right hand front corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio with a pencil number enclosed in a circle.
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- Mss Eur F126/24
- Title
- Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings about Afghanistan
- Pages
- 1r:2v, 5r:5v, 10v:11r, 62r:63r
- Author
- Pall Mall Budget
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- Public Domain